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twenty four

twenty four is the alternative form of twenty-four.

Meaning of twenty-four

Numeral

twenty-four

  1. The cardinal number immediately following twenty-three and preceding twenty-five.
    • "The guy that just left—what's he got in his lungs?" / "Well, I'm not very sure. But the two best candidates are uranium-233 and plutonium-239, one or both." / "They're in his bones too, aren't they?" / "Yeah, they're both boneseekers. And they've got half-lives of one hundred sixty-two thousand...1985, Michael Swanwick, “Boneseeker”, in In the Drift (New Ace Science Fiction Specials; series 3), New York, N.Y.: Ace Science Fiction Books, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications...
    Synonyms:
    four and twenty, 24, XXIV

Questions about twenty four

What is twenty four the alternative form of?
Twenty four is the alternative form of twenty-four.

Words near twenty four in the dictionary

  1. twenty bucks is twenty bucks
  2. twenty dollars is twenty dollars
  3. twenty eight
  4. twenty five
  5. Twenty Forests
  6. twenty four
  7. twenty hundred
  8. twenty nine
  9. twenty one
  10. twenty questions
  11. twenty seven

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